Billiard-table rail and cushion



(No Model.)

BILLIARD TAB LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL N. No. 400,044. Patented Mar. 26', I889.

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UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFIC CHARLES G. BROOKIVAY, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

BlLLlARD-TABLE RAIL AND CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,044, dated March 26, 1889. Application filed December 5, 1888. Serial No. 292,746. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, CHARLES G. BROCKWAY, of Pine Bluff, in the county of Jefferson and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Billiard-Table Rails and Cushions, of which the followingis aspecification.

My invention is in the nature of an. improvement upon the billiard -table rail and cushion for which I filed application, Serial No. 270,715, April 14,1888, and which was allowed August 31, 1888; and it consists in the special construction and arrangement of parts whereby a better Ventilation and adjustment is secured between the bed, the rail, and the cushion, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Figure l is a vertical cross-section through a portion of the bed, the rail, and the cushion;

and Fig. 2 is a detail of one of the parts.

In the drawings, F is the slate bed, and G the wooden base-frame, which are held stationary, and D is the cushion, and E the rail, which are fastened together and are together made vertically adjustable with reference to the bed. In the" slate bed is formed a bolthole in horizontal direction, and in the same is secured a nut, H, whose screw-threaded hole is in line with the bolt-hole. This nut and bolt-hole is adapted to receivealonghorizontal bolt, B, which passes through a transverse vertical slot, 6, in the rail and clamps the rail to the bed. This construction is designed to permit the cushion and rail to be adjusted vertically, so as to adapt the cushions to different sizes of billiard -balls, and does not differ materially from the construction embodied in my previous application. Incident to that vertical adjustment a horizontal space was left between the cushion and the bed, which was a desirable feature in giving Ventilation in the joint, so as to prevent dampness and mold in the joint, which is very injurious to the cloth. I find that it is also very desirable to reserve a space between the rail and the bed, so that there may be perfect circulation of air up between the rail and bed and around over the bed, between the latter and the cushion, so that there can be no filling of the space by lint and dust, and a perfectly dry and clean joint with perfect venti- 5o lation and circulation of air is secured. To this end my present invention provides awasher, boss, or spacing-piece, A, which is glued or otherwise fastened to the inside of the rail E, around the vertical slot (2, and which serves as a bearing or stop for the rail that holds it a short distance away from the bed-- a distance equal to the thickness of the washer or spacing-piece. This gives a ventilatingspace at a as well as at b, which secures afree circulation of air all through the joint, entirely relieving the same of dampness and mold, which is so destructive to the expensive cloths with which billiard-tables are upholstered. While this result is obtained, the washer A gives a solid bearing for the rail when the bolt B is tightened up, so as to hold the parts firmly to the adjustment to which they are set. 7

To affix the vertical adjustment more positively I tap a set-screw, 0, through the wooden frame G and through a vertical hole in the bed, and allow the upper end of the said screw to bear against the lower side of the cushion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. The washer or spacing-piece A, combined with the rail E, having cushion D and vertical slot 6, the slate bed F, nut H, embedded in the same, and the horizontal clamping-bolt B, fastening the rail and slate bed together on opposite sides of piece A, substantially as described.

2. The washer or spacing-pieceA,combined with the rail E, having cushion D and verti- 85 cal slot 6, the slate bed F, having horizontal bolt-hole with nut H embedded therein, the clamp-bolt B, fastening the rail and bed together upon opposite sides of the spacing piece A, the wooden frame G, and the vertical set-screw O, tapped through the wooden frame and the slate bed and bearing against the lower side of the cushion, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES G. BROOKWAY. Witnesses:

A. W. MULLENS, LoUIs KNOX. 

